{"id":10077,"date":"2013-06-21T07:53:51","date_gmt":"2013-06-21T05:53:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bilbaoport.eus\/?p=10077"},"modified":"2014-09-18T10:03:44","modified_gmt":"2014-09-18T08:03:44","slug":"port-authority-places-first-of-eight-caissons-for-new-cruise-berth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bilbaoport.eus\/en\/news\/port-authority-places-first-of-eight-caissons-for-new-cruise-berth\/","title":{"rendered":"Port Authority places first of eight caissons for new cruise berth"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"show-for-small mobile-breadcrumbs\"><ul class=\"breadcrumbs\"><li class=\"home\"><span property=\"itemListElement\" typeof=\"ListItem\"><a property=\"item\" typeof=\"WebPage\" title=\"Go to Port of Bilbao.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bilbaoport.eus\/en\/\" class=\"home\" aria-current=\"page\"><span property=\"name\">Port of Bilbao<\/span><\/a><meta property=\"position\" content=\"1\"><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div><div class=\"one_half bbcol\">\n<p>The new cruise berth being constructed by the Port Authority of Bilbao at Getxo has begun to take shape. The initial filling works started in October last year, and now, the first of the eight caissons making up the berthing line has been placed in position.<\/p>\n<p>These huge concrete caissons, built inside the Port itself, are 44 metres long, 15 wide and 16 deep; they weigh approximately 7,700 tonnes. In all some 31,500 m3 of concrete will be used in their construction, while the total volume of filling material from different sources used was 380.000 m3.<\/p>\n<p>The new pier, which is located next to the existing one, will have a 354-metre berthing line and 11-metre depth. The works were awarded in tender for\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><\/div><div class=\"one_half column-last bbcol\"><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10064\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10064\" style=\"width: 305px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a class=\"thickbox\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bilbaoport.eus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/16836-17.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-una_columna wp-image-10064\" title=\"Placement of the caisson\" alt=\"Placement of the caisson\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bilbaoport.eus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/16836-17-305x203.jpg\" width=\"305\" height=\"203\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10064\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Placement of the caisson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>13.8 million euros and are scheduled for completion by the end of January 2014.<\/p>\n<p><\/div><div class=\"clear\"><\/div><\/p>\n <div class=\"hide-for-small page-options-container hide-for-print\"> <hr class=\"page-options\"\/> <ul class=\"inline right page-options\"><li><a class=\"bmprint\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Print this article\"><i class=\"icon-print\"><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a class=\"bmsend2friend\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Article of interest: Port Authority places first of eight caissons for new cruise berth - Port of Bilbao&body=https:\/\/www.bilbaoport.eus\/en\/news\/port-authority-places-first-of-eight-caissons-for-new-cruise-berth\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Send a link to this article by email\"><i class=\"icon-envelope\"><\/i><\/a><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"row collapse posts-navigation\"><div class=\"medium-6 columns\"><i class=\"icon-angle-left\"><\/i>Anterior<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bilbaoport.eus\/en\/news\/minister-visits-port-of-bilbao-facilities\/\" rel=\"prev\">Minister visits Port of Bilbao facilities<\/a><\/div><div class=\"medium-6 columns alignright\"><i class=\"icon-angle-right\"><\/i>Siguiente<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bilbaoport.eus\/en\/news\/11-increase-in-traffic-up-until-june\/\" rel=\"next\">11% increase in traffic up until June<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new cruise berth being constructed by the Port Authority of Bilbao at Getxo has begun to take shape&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":10333,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.4 - 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